Eliot Engel: “The United States has a responsibility to speak out when we see basic freedoms under threat.”

The citizens of the Western Balkans want a better future for their children, stronger and transparent democracy, accountable governments, and greater economic prosperity and security.

This legislation, passed into law last December, mandates the most sweeping sanctions on Assad's enablers.

Self-government is not some sort of temporary arrangement or gift from the military, it's a right that's owed to the people of Burma.

I think that is scandalous and I think it, frankly, undermines whatever policy we are pursuing in Syria.